UGB Chapter 117 Late Stage of Golden Core
Chapter 117 Late Stage of Golden Core
The door to the stone chamber slowly closed, isolating it from the outside world.
Zhou Ning sat cross-legged on a futon in the center of the stone chamber, closing his eyes and concentrating.
The stone chamber was small, only about ten feet square, with rough rock walls and a small crack in the ceiling that let in a faint light.
A faint sandalwood scent filled the air; it was a calming incense that Yan Chixia had specially prepared for him, which could help cultivators enter a meditative state more quickly.
He placed the three flying swords—the Green Edge Sword, the Evil-Repelling Sword, and the Frost Sword—in front of his knees, and placed the talisman bag and the elixir bottle beside him.
With everything ready, he took a deep breath and focused his mind into his dantian.
Within the dantian, the golden elixir slowly rotated, radiating a warm golden light.
The golden light was soft and warm, like the warm sun in winter, illuminating the entire dantian.
On the surface of the Golden Core, one can vaguely see some fine lines, which are the imprints of the laws of Heaven.
Zhou Ning could sense that the golden core contained extremely powerful energy, the culmination of his three years of arduous cultivation.
"The mid-stage of the Golden Core realm is now stable; the next step is to break through to the late-stage."
Zhou Ning made a plan in his mind.
The late stage of the Golden Core realm is the final stage of the Golden Core realm.
Upon reaching this level, the Golden Core will become more solid, the True Essence will become more abundant, and the Divine Sense will become more powerful.
More importantly, the late stage of the Golden Core realm is an essential step towards the Nascent Soul stage.
Only after breaking through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm can one begin to attempt to condense a Nascent Soul.
However, breaking through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm is not an easy task.
It requires extremely deep accumulation and opportunity.
For ordinary cultivators, it often takes several years or even decades to go from the mid-stage to the late-stage of the Golden Core realm.
Zhou Ning didn't want to wait that long; the shadow of the extraterrestrial demons was getting closer and closer, and he didn't have time.
"We must break through as soon as possible."
He closed his eyes and began to circulate the "Innate Qi".
True essence flows slowly through the meridians, like a golden river, starting from the dantian, along the Ren and Du meridians, passing through the limbs and bones, and finally returning to the dantian.
With each complete cycle of circulation, the true essence becomes more refined, and the golden elixir becomes more solidified.
Time passed day by day.
Zhou Ning was completely immersed in cultivation and forgot about the passage of time.
His breathing became long and even, and his heartbeat slow and strong.
The true essence within his body was like a golden dragon, surging endlessly through his meridians, emitting a deep roar.
The golden elixir in the dantian, nourished by the true essence, grew larger and brighter.
One day, two days, three days...
Seven days, ten days, half a month...
Zhou Ning neither ate nor drank, nor slept, devoting all his energy to cultivation.
Nourished by his true essence, his body could function without food.
Supported by his divine will, he could remain awake without sleep.
However, the bottleneck in the later stages of the Golden Core realm has never been broken.
Zhou Ning was getting a little anxious.
He knew that the path of cultivation could not be rushed, but as time passed day by day, he could not help but feel anxious.
The extraterrestrial demons could descend at any moment, so he must break through as soon as possible.
"Don't rush."
He reminded himself of this.
"Master said that the path of cultivation is not in the golden core, but in the heart. If there is the Dao in the heart, the Dao is everywhere. If there is no Dao in the heart, the golden core is just an empty shell."
He took a deep breath and suppressed his anxiety.
He no longer deliberately tried to break through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm, but instead focused his attention on the "Dao".
His path is to protect.
His sword is wielded for the sake of all living beings.
As long as you have the Way in your heart, a higher realm will naturally come.
He closed his eyes and let his true energy flow naturally.
Within the dantian, the golden elixir began to rotate rapidly, emitting a dazzling golden light.
The golden light grew stronger and brighter, illuminating the entire dantian as if it were daytime.
Zhou Ning could feel the power within the Golden Core expanding rapidly, as if something was about to break free.
"boom!"
Zhou Ning felt a boom in his mind, as if something had been shattered.
The bottleneck of the late stage of Golden Core collapsed at this moment.
Late stage of Golden Core, achieved!
Zhou Ning opened his eyes, his gaze flashing with a sharp light.
He felt his whole body brimming with power, as if he could shatter a mountain with a single punch.
The golden elixir in the dantian had grown a full size larger than before, its golden light was more dazzling, and its patterns were clearer.
The vital energy surges through the meridians like a mighty river, flowing endlessly.
He stood up and stretched his limbs.
The bones crackled and popped, the muscles were full of elasticity, and the skin was as smooth as jade.
The true essence within his body was several times more abundant than before, and his divine sense could cover a much greater distance.
"Is this the power of the late-stage Golden Core realm?"
He walked to the door of the stone chamber, pushed it open, and walked out of the chamber.
The sunlight felt warm and comforting on my face.
The pine forest on the back mountain is still lush and green, and the sound of the pines is still like the sea.
Zhou Ning took a deep breath of fresh air, and an indescribable sense of comfort welled up in his heart.
"Congratulations on breaking through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm." Yan Chixia's voice came from behind.
Zhou Ning turned around and saw his master standing by the pine forest, his hands behind his back.
His expression remained calm, but a hint of relief flashed in his eyes.
"Thank you for protecting me, Master." Zhou Ning bowed respectfully.
Yan Chixia waved his hand: "It's all thanks to your own efforts. I just pointed you in the right direction."
He walked up to Zhou Ning, looked him up and down, and nodded slightly.
"Late stage of Golden Core, solid foundation, pure true essence. Not bad."
Zhou Ning asked, "Master, what should I do next?"
Yan Chixia said, "Stabilize your cultivation level and nurture your Golden Core. Once your Golden Core is strong enough, you can begin to try to condense your Nascent Soul."
Zhou Ning smiled and said, "This disciple will certainly not fail in his mission."
He returned to his residence, sat cross-legged on the bed, and probed the jade slip with his divine sense to study it carefully.
The content of the Nascent Soul chapter is more profound than that of the Golden Core chapter.
It tells the story of how to nurture a golden core into a nascent soul, how to allow the nascent soul to break free from the body, and how to use the nascent soul to perceive the laws of heaven and earth.
Each step requires extremely deep accumulation and opportunity.
"Don't rush."
Zhou Ning closed the jade slip.
"First, stabilize your late-stage Golden Core cultivation before considering the Nascent Soul stage."
In the days that followed, Zhou Ning cultivated in the back mountain every day to solidify his late-stage Golden Core realm.
He practiced the "Demon-Slaying Technique" hundreds of times to adapt to the new power.
The true essence of the late Golden Core stage is several times stronger than that of the mid-Golden Core stage, and the sword energy is sharper and more powerful.
He mastered sword control to a higher level, and all five flying swords could be arranged into complex sword formations in the air under the control of his divine sense, combining offense and defense.
His divine sense could already cover an area of several thousand feet in radius.
He could sense what the people down the mountain were doing, he could sense the birds and beasts flying in the distance, and he could sense the flow of spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
He could even sense a faint surge of demonic energy in the direction of Black Mountain.
"The remaining forces in Black Mountain have not been completely eliminated." Zhou Ning frowned.
He decided that once his cultivation was more stable, he would go to the northern lands to completely wipe out the remaining forces of Black Mountain.
One day, he was meditating on the back mountain when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from down the mountain.
Zhou Ning walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down. He saw a young woman dressed in a white Taoist robe walking up the mountain path. It was Xuan Jing.
"Miss Xuanjing?" Zhou Ning hurried down the mountain to greet her.
Xuan Jing smiled slightly when she saw him: "Young Master Zhou, congratulations on breaking through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm."
Zhou Ning was taken aback: "How did you know?"
Xuan Jing said, "My senior brother predicted it. He said that on the day you broke through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm, there was a strange change in the celestial phenomena, which was sensed by cultivators within a hundred miles. He also said that you are a first-grade Golden Core cultivator with unlimited potential."
Zhou Ning smiled wryly: "Master Xuanzhen, you flatter me."